The candidates in the runoff for the Democratic nomination in Congressional District 23 are wasting little time ahead of the July 31 election, traveling and shaking hands with residents in the 500-mile-long district.

Ciro Rodriguez, a former congressman who lost the CD-23 seat in 2010 to U.S. Rep. Francisco "Quico" Canseco, R-San Antonio, and Pete Gallego, a longtime state representative from Alpine, are vying for the seat. The district stretches from San Antonio to El Paso and along the Mexico border, just below Eagle Pass. The runoff winner will face Canseco in the general election.

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